The preferred way to work with removable media is to keep the working copy
of the workbook on the hard drive, and transfer it to the removable media
using Windows Explorer.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
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"Boa-Live" wrote in message
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I have an excel file that reads data from a paradox compatible database. I
used to save a backup to a USB stick without any problems. However, after
some time, it started to take forever to save to the USB stick. I use XP
Pro
and Excel 2003. I would REALLY appreciate a solution.